This lesson, taught to a group of poorly motivated Y10 students followed a description of events leading to the February revolution of 1917. The overarching question was ‘Why was the Tsar overthrown in 1917?’ , but this lesson focuses on the effect of the First World War.
To make the learning more fun, students had to do a simple mime/charade to help visualise each effect, which the other students had to guess.
Learning objectives
- to consolidate students’ understanding of the long-term causes of the revolution
- to help students to demonstrate an understanding of a range of reasons why the Tsar was overthrown
- to understand the role the war played in fomenting discontent and why historians consider it a crucial turning point
- for most able students: to analyse an essay to see if it is worth an A*, and improve it in areas where it is weakest, including repetition and ‘wordiness’
